THINK BIG!

#ThinkBigDiversity

 

The “THINK BIG” page will serve as a repository for Women in STEM and STEM Diversity “counter-space” events which pool ideas and solutions to challenges that women and those who are underrepresented in STEM encounter that affect their advancement.

The initial “THINK BIG” session will be held at the WEPAN conference in Colorado, June, 2015. The panel was developed by Dr. Autumn Reed of UMBC’s ADVANCE program, and includes Dr. Cristina Pomales (UPRM), Dr. Patti Ordóñez (UPRR), Dr. Beatriz Zayas (UMET), and Dr. Renetta Tull (UMBC).

The hastags for this session of the June 2015 WEPAN meeting will be #ThinkBigDiversity #WEPAN2015

Join us live, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM, Mountain Time, Thursday, June 11, 2015.

[If you are coming in person, the presentation will be held in the Fir Room, Omni Interlocken]

Blog contributions that are posted here will be captured by @PR_ADVANCE on Twitter.

Description of the session:

Think Big! Broadening Horizons for Women in Engineering and Computer Science through Global Scholar Networks

• Patricia Ordóñez, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
• Cristina Pomales, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaüez
• Autumn M. Reed, Program Coordinator for Faculty Diversity Initiatives ADVANCE Program, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Renetta G. Tull, Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Student Development
  University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Beatriz Zayas, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Toxicology, Universidad Metropolitana

This panel examines an NSF ADVANCE  proposal that provides women engineering, computer science, and information technology faculty from Puerto Rico access to global networks to facilitate career advancement. Through audience participation in a “Big Think” activity we will identify additional issues, propose solutions, and develop action items for advancement.

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To participate:

1) Watch for the questions that will be posted on Twitter #ThinkBigDiversity on Thursday. Post thoughts and discussion items using the hastags: #ThinkBigDiversity #WEPAN2015

2) If you don’t have a Twitter account, you can type your thoughts into the comment section below. You do not need to have a WordPress username to make a comment.

3) If you are at WEPAN, this session is listed under “Engineering Education” with the title on the paper program: “WIE and Computer Science Global Scholar Networks” (yellow font.) In the CONVENE app, it is listed as: “Think Big! Broadening Horizons for Women in Engineering and Computer Science Through Global Scholar Networks.”  Be sure to bring your mobile devices with you. This will be an interactive session.